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Ben Shields
Benjamin Cowan Shields (Lefty or Big Ben)

Bats Right, Throws Left
Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 17, 1924
Final Game May 23, 1931
Born June 17, 1903 in Huntersville, NC
Died January 24, 1982 in Woodruff, SC

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1924 21 NYY AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    6    6    6   0    2    3   0   0    13       0 27.00  4.14   15 4.000
 1925 22 NYY AL   3   0   4   2   2   0   2  0   24.0   24   13   13   2   12    5   2   0   105       0  4.88  4.26   87 1.500
 1930 27 BOS AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0   10.0   16   11   10   0    6    1   0   0    48       0  9.00  4.60   51 2.200
 1931 28 PHI NL   1   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    5.3    9    9    9   1    7    0   0   0    32       0 15.19  4.21   28 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL%1.000   4   0  13   2   2   0   7  0   41.3   55   39   38   3   27    9   2   0   198       0  8.27  4.33   52 1.984
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    18   0  58   9   9   0  31  0  187.0  249  176  172  13  122   40   9   0   897   0   0  8.27  4.33   52 1.984
 Career High      3   0   4   2   2   0   3  0   24.0   24   13   13   2   12    5   2   0   105   0   0                       

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 22 NYY AL   4    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .125  .125  .125  -36    1   0           0    
 1930 27 BOS AL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1931 28 PHI NL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       13   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .077  .077  .077  -60    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        162    0   12   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  50  .077  .077  .077  -60   12   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High      4    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2                           1   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 22 NYY AL    8    7    0   0.0   114| .125  .297| .125  .367| .125  .416| .250  .784| -36  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1930 27 BOS AL    3    3    0   0.0   112| .000  .290| .000  .353| .000  .426| .000  .780|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1931 28 PHI NL    2    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .295| .000  .354| .000  .416| .000  .770|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        13   12    0   0.0   113| .077  .295| .077  .362| .077  .419| .154  .781| -60  .000  -3.2  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1924 21 NYY AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1925 22 NYY AL P 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 1.40 1.88 2.66 2 24.0 1930 27 BOS AL P 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 1.17 2.70 2.16 0 10.0 1931 28 PHI NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.20 1.70 2.21 0 5.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1924 21 NYY AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1925 22 NYY AL P 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 1.40 1.88 2.66 2 24.0 1930 27 BOS AL P 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 1.17 2.70 2.16 0 10.0 1931 28 PHI NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.20 1.70 2.21 0 5.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 13 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.69 1.27 1.96 2.48 2 41.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 13 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.69 1.27 1.98 2.50 2 41
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1924 AL-21-5

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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